Rumours the band was reforming broke over the internet earlier this month,
but bassist Sixx quashed fans' hopes by saying it had been years since they had
spoken to each other.

But now an official spokesman from the hellraisers' management company has
revealed the band will begin a world tour starting in Florida next February
(05) .

The spokesman says, "Motley Crue are a gang that have always thrived on
passion. It is the element that fuels their creativity and guides their
decision making.

"When they learned of the overwhelming groundswell of support from fans
across the world as well as from members of the music industry, it became
obvious to them that the time was right to climb the mountain once again."